Opinion: The GOP’s Circular Firing Squad

Editorial board member Joe Rago on why GOP House leadership pulled a bill to help fix ObamaCare. Photos: Getty Images

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... I ... internal why Mary Kissel ... most e-commerce forced Obamacare on this country ... but now Congress says it wants an exemption ... or to get to that in a minute but first ... editorial board member Joe rego is here to talk about the Republican ... circular firing squad another aspect of Obamacare joke ... the Department of Health and Human Services wants to tap a slush fund ... its some Republicans are against actually support ... the Republic is a slush fund sounds Benjamin right well it's terrible and and what let me lay out the de tails because they go a little bit complicated that so ... HHS has run out of money to implement ... the Affordable Care Act's exchanges I it's so they're they're out of money ... Mel attacking this fall and it suppose to go to prevention so ... it's it basically unrestricted money they're saying when other visa for prevention more the reason for this ... other Obamacare thing so for Republicans want to do with the leadership wanted to do was say where the majority now Money Warnock and let them use it to implement the changes and said women transferred to something that to a different program which covers ... of pre existing condition people with pre existing conditions ... now that other program has also ... gotten out of my ... so get what the Republicans wanna do it's a little bit of political Ju Jitsu they wanna say what will the fund this other program and give this an actual chance of passage in the center so we we ... do one good thing and stupid things ... um through this or this bill ... and in that the leadership wanted it pass Senate committee ... that the head heritage action which is a political arm raises conserve and Dana on from gross country in the club for growth yet what to what that they want they sort of swoop in and say ... well ... this is fixing Obamacare this is improving Obamacare expanding Obamacare see have a revolt on the right ... you did the ... they ... bring this bill to the floor yesterday on a procedural vote ... on it he passes with all Republicans and then they immediately pull the bill and what the what the ... the right who was planning to do was Ambushed leadership on the floor and ensure that this bill fails ... to send a message that there are ... more conservative or somehow more committed ... to repealing Obamacare then and John painter and the Russell two okay well heritage and the club for growth can affect anything in Congress without having ... congressman who are willing to go along with them so what's name some names here ... I'm cool is on a warrant and bought the Tupac the leadership ... write will we don't we'll know exactly what the what this insurrection was was composed of but you know YouTube Congressman Mike ... temple's camp who will vote against ... any budget that the leadership puts forward so it gets far to the father to the right ... and the actual center of the Republican party and ... on that and the way to think that this is is on ... that is something called the Barkley Rule which is famous in conservative circles this is in the William F Buckley right in the human eye as he has these on National review was having a big debate about whether or not Eisenhower was conservative enough for National review to support and look Bill Buckley said was ... we will support ... the most conservative most electable candidate and what what these these aam ... Republicans don't seem to realize is ... fine be the most conservative but if you can't get anything done ... you can have no practical effect on policy and the result of this rebellion ... is that HHS will continue to drain the prevention slush fund ... to implement Obamacare so they make themselves worse off ... so until we got lesson and laughed so what's the lesson here is it that ... your groups like carry a tune club for growth ... our interest groups like any others out there and they're just trying to raise money and support ... their own special interests say you know ... Republicans need to be careful with the advice that they cannot ... or what's the lesson you read me the tomb and one lesson ... is that you need to be more realistic ... on you know you can you can read all the white paper's you want it to the Heritage Foundation but if you can have the practical effect on policy you're if you're not going to achieve ... very much in practice a few chickens ... she very much in practice ... probably not something to fall a good lesson ... for Republicans in Congress editorial board member Joe radio